अनाप-शनाप

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.nɑːp.ʃə.nɑːp/, [ɐ.näːp.ʃɐ.näːp]

Adjective

अनाप-शनाप • (anāp-śanāp) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اناپ شناپ)

1. nonsensical, meaningless, pointless (having no purpose or reason)

   Synonyms: अटपटा (aṭapṭā), ऊटपटाँग (ūṭapṭāṅg)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अनाप-शनाप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press